already searched nothing found! AMBER CLOCKS???

[3rdgenhatchDX]

Okay so i've seen on other boards, DIY amber clock, and i found a site about it, did the JDM accords have amber clocks also?

http://www.geocities.com/mt3c/index.html

http://www.geocities.com/mt3c/egclock5.jpg

[thegreatdane]

No they didnt.

[Cheeseburger]

is sucks that they didnt

[thegreatdane]

Even if they did It would be alot easier to just make your own rather than getting a JDM one shipped over. (and cheaper)

[3rdgenhatchDX]

yeah so i plan on making one for me atleast :) anybody know what color i'd need? (prolly amber but j/w)

[accordrollingon18z]

wonder what the amber gauge cluster would liik like in the 89 accords just a thought

[3rdgenhatchDX]

good thought, i dunno, what makes ours green is it a light cover cap??? :D it may just be that easy :D

[Vanilla Sky]

no, the clock displays themselves are blue. i may find an amber display and solder one in place. if i can make that work, i might make them to order.

[Deadhead]

our clocks don't have bulbs.... just a little screen that's not removable from the little board.

i'd rather try and rewire one from maybe a civic or some other car that has a bulb.

[3rdgenhatchDX]

cool thanx
:)

i dunno, what makes ours green is it a light cover cap??? it may just be that easy
i meant the gauges, what makes the gauges light up green?

[Vanilla Sky]

both the backlights AND the guage faces themselves are what give our guages the green color.

[3rdgenhatchDX]

k i took my gauges out yesterday to wire up the shift light, (:eek5: it works:eek5: )
but anyways i saw those two little bulbs at the top of the cluster, i removed em, and they have clear glass... so is it a film inside the cluster that turns em green?

[frankie89]

well its not an accord but its an amber cluster for a teg..it would look nice as hell in a accord...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/after1.jpg for the amber clock i heard that some amber film over the #'s is all you need to make them amber..just my .02

[Vanilla Sky]

k i took my gauges out yesterday to wire up the shift light, (:eek5: it works:eek5: )
but anyways i saw those two little bulbs at the top of the cluster, i removed em, and they have clear glass... so is it a film inside the cluster that turns em green?


see:
02-18-2006 12:50 PM
Vanilla Sky both the backlights AND the guage faces themselves are what give our guages the green color.

[Cheeseburger]

well its not an accord but its an amber cluster for a teg..it would look nice as hell in a accord...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/after1.jpg for the amber clock i heard that some amber film over the #'s is all you need to make them amber..just my .02


that be nice:wave:

[Deadhead]

well its not an accord but its an amber cluster for a teg..it would look nice as hell in a accord...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/after1.jpg for the amber clock i heard that some amber film over the #'s is all you need to make them amber..just my .02


woah, nice...

and 333k miles FTW!!!

[frankie89]

yo that cluster aint my teg, i only got 154xxx on it, but i know one of ya here gotta try this mod on a 3g.. here is a full cluster view of the amber mod..
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/frankie89/cluster.jpg

[ghettogeddy]

someoen point me in the direction of the amber film

[LUX88LXI]

if you want amber gauge lighting you could always buy a BMW ;) LOL JK

[89AccordResto]

Why do you guys like amber? It looks old and crappy and yellowed. I like the blue green. It's hip. :)

[LUX88LXI]

Amber, well actually red, is the best color to use for interior lights at night... its the easiest for your eyes to adjust to...

[89AccordResto]

Sure. But all that is negated by the huge glaring swath of white light in front of you from your headlights, and any oncoming cars. If you're using your car for stakeouts in the middle of nowhere where you won't be driving and just sitting somewhere without traffic, I'll buy it. But honestly, this seems like something you guys want to change just because it'd be different, not better. I promise you if you go to a pontiac or neon or almost any domestic forum with amber lighting you'll find people complaining about the yellowish 'lame' light trying to get it green. Heck, even mitsu galant VR4 owners, with their switchable amber to green illumination have even complained that it isn't blue. Oh well. At least the new mustang got it right with infinitely adjustable interior colors. :)

[3rdgenhatchDX]

nothing is "hip" any more, cat...:slap:

I'm looking into the amber/red tint.

[89AccordResto]

Maybe in bumfuck, TN. But near chicago tons of things are still hip, hepcat.

[3rdgenhatchDX]

Ahahhaha i'm in indiana...


okay so my clock screwed up the other day i bought a new one at the j/y and apparently they put 2 diff. kinds of clocks in 3geez... now i have to switch the wiring. still looking for amber plastic.